8th SS Unit 2 Vocab

Culture

a group’s way of life, including types of food, shelter, clothing, language, behavior, and ideas

Civilization

a society with a highly developed culture, politics, and technology

Monotheistic Religion

a system of belief in one god or deity

Polytheistic Religion

a system of belief in many deities or gods

Government

an organization that keeps order, sets rules, and provides services for a society

Economy

a system in which people produce, sell, and buy things; the management of the resources of a country

Traditional Economy

an economy in which production is based on customs and traditions and economic roles are typically passed down from one generation to the next.

Market Economy

a system in which privately owned businesses create goods that people buy in markets; also called free enterprise economy or capitalism

Command Economy

an economic system in which the government controls a country’s economy

Communism

an economic system in which the government manages both the economy and the society by ensuring that property is owned collectively, and that control over the distribution of property is centralized in order to achieve classlessness

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

the total value of all goods and services produced in a country in a given year

Capital

a country's wealth and infrastructure

United Nations

an organization of countries formed in 1945 to keep peace among countries and protect human rights

Human Rights

the political, economic, and cultural rights that all people should have